Hat pin retainer



J. UHRY. HAT PIN RETAINER.

Patented Dec. 28, 1897.

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WITNESSES:

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

JULES UHRY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HAT-PIN RETAINER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Batent N 0. 596,438, dated December 28, 1897.

Application fil d July 29, 1891. Serial No. 646,296. (No model.)

To all whom it mag concern:

Be it .known that I, J ULES UHRY, a subject of the Emperor of Germany, residing in the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Attachm ents for I-Ieadwear 5 and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clean, and exact description of the same.

My invention relates to appliances, such as hat-pins,for fastening womens hats (by which term I mean to include all headwear) to the hair. The hat-pins in common*use, being independent of the hat, are frequently lost and by continual insertion through the hat in different places soon irreparably damage the hat. They are also extremely dangerous, for they are necessarily made sharp-pointed in order to penetrate the hat, and are thus apt to stick into the head of the wearer accidentally. Further, by reason of their being held only by the material of the hat they form a loose and insecure fastening. My invention completely obviates, by simple and convenient means, these aswell as other disadvantages of the common hat-pin, while retaining its ad vantages as an ornament and otherwise.

WVhat I deem the principal feature of my invention consists of a bearing fixed to the side of the hat, in which bearing a long pin is guided lengthwise, so that it can be pushed from the outside into the hair or withdrawn therefrom at will.

The pin works in a metallic sleeve, which is fastened in an elastic bushing held in the bearing, so that the pin can be directed into any part of the hair and willbe held elastically in position with respect to the hat.

In order that my invention may be fully ascertained, I shall first describe in detail the mode in which I practice the invention, and then point out its several features in the claims.

I shall refer by numbers to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification and in which the same parts are designated by the same numbers throughout.

Figure 1 represents a hat provided with my invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the attachment separate from the hat.

In the practice of my invention I provide a preferably metallic bearing 1, one or more of which are attached to the inside of the hat, as indicated in Fig. 1, at suitable points 011 the side, and which is provided with a metallic or rigid pin-guiding sleeve 2, in which I mount a headed pin 3 to move lengthwise, so

that it can be pushed into or WllilldIELWHflOlll the hair from the outside of the hat. I prefer to attach the bearing 1 to the hat by means of studs or arms 4, formed on the bearing and passed through the hat andhaving small ornamental nuts 5 screwed thereon outside the hat to hold the bearing in place; but I also attain this result more cheaply by providing the bearing 1 with prongs or arms of flexible metal instead of the stud-like arms 4 shown and simply bending said prongs down on the outside of the hat. The bearing may of course be attached to the hat in many other ways.

To prevent the pin 3 from accidentally coming out of the bearing 1, I enlarge the point of the pin, asby flattening it, as shown, so'as to form a stop 6, the head 7 of the pin, which I prefer to make ornamental, serving also as a stop, to the same end.

For introducing the pin into and removing it from its guide 2 I prefer to make its head 7 detachable, as shown it screwing on the shank of the pin. used for different hats provided with the guide-bearing and diiferent heads to be used on the same pin.

To permit the pin to be directed into any part of the hair inside the hat, I mount the rigid pin-guiding sleeve 2 universally in the bearing 1, and I accomplish this by making the bearing 1 of annular form, having a recess 8 toward the hat, and by fixing in said recess an annular bushing 9, of rubber or other suitable elastic material, in the center of which is fastened the rigid pin-guiding sleeve 2, so that the pin can be swung from the outside laterally in all directions to direct it into any part of the hair and will then, through the rigid sleeve 2 and the elastic bushing 9, hold the hat securely on the head.

By this simple and convenient means all damage to the hat from the constant use of the pin is avoided, and the pin can never be lost. I can make and prefer to make the point of the pin blunt, as it has only to penetrate the hair and not the material of the hat, so that there is no danger to be apprehended This enables the same pin to be I from the pin sticking into the scalp accidentall T l 1e pin is held securely in position laterally by the guide-bearing, and thus the hat is securely retained thereby.

I claim as my invention- 1. The attachment for hats which consists of an annular bearing having attaching means, an elastic bushing held within said bearing and a metallic pin-guiding sleeve fas-' tened in the center of said elastic bushingto play universally therewith.

2. The attachment for hats which consists of an annular bearing having threaded attaching-studs to pass through the hat, ornamental nuts to screw on said studs outside the hat, an elastic bushing fixed Within said bearing and a pin-guiding sleeve fastened in said bushing to play universally therewith.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the 21st day of May, 1897.

J ULES UHRY.

Witnesses:

CLARENCE L. BURGER, FRANK THORN. 

